kyt build and webpack json output

[AlgoTrader]

webpack has --json option. KYT has no. I have to add those two lines to 'actions/build.js':

var fs = require('fs');
fs.writeFileSync('stats.json', JSON.stringify(stats.toJson(), null, 2))

to get webpack results in json. Is it possible to add kyt build --json filename option?

Are there any other ways to enable json output? I need it to analyze webpack bundle.

[delambo]

If we all agree that this would be a good product feature we could look into support for passing webpack cli options into thekyt build command but that looks like it would only solve half of your problem. We could also dump stats to the build artifact at build time. I'd have to think about what makes sense here.

[tizmagik]

I think it's not just build artifacts, but also the Webpack build log itself that is useful, e.g. #349

[delambo]

@AlgoTrader what are you specifically looking for in the stats? How do you plan on parsing/using the data?

[AlgoTrader]

The webpack json output is used by plenty of bundle analyzers/visualuzers.

It seems, there are plugins for webpack that generate json log, so patching kyt is not a must. But I certainly want more control on output options

[delambo]

@AlgoTrader - Have you tried webpack-stats-plugin or stats-webpack-plugin? They will emit a file and have a lot of options for configuring output. You can add them as plugins via the kyt.config.js callback, modifyWebpackConfig.

I'm going to close this for now. Let me know if my suggestion is unhelpful.